Classic Car Photos
Moldy Classic Car Photos
Classic car photos showing fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print have almost always met years in a humid attic, a cardboard box on a concrete floor or a plastic sleeve that trapped moisture. The mold sits on top of the image of a proud owner leaning on the fender, usually in the driveway, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the car photo is redrawn for effect; the mold is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a proud owner leaning on the fender, usually in the driveway as the thing to keep. If the moldy area covered the chrome trim, the badge and the license plate, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Stain & Spot Remover on the moldy car photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the classic car photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on moldy classic car photos.
Original on the left, restored on the right; hover to see more of the repair. Made in the Studio from a scan of the print.
What matters for these photos
- Small faces of a proud owner leaning on the fender, usually in the driveway that the mold has taken the detail from
- Moldy classic car photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A moldy car photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
- Fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print, spread over a car photo
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Remove the mold
Stain & Spot Remover targets fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print while keeping the chrome trim, the badge and the license plate in the car photo untouched.
Stain & Spot Remover - 02
Repair the rest of the car photo
Unblur Old Photos addresses the usual wear on classic car photos, chrome that reads as blown white, a magenta shift over the paintwork and scratches across the hood, once the mold is gone.
Unblur Old Photos - 03
Sharpen the faces of a proud owner leaning on the fender, usually in the driveway
Recovers the eye and skin detail the mold softened; keep it at natural strength on classic car photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the car photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the mold repair, with the shape of the moldy classic car photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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